Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: v. 4: 1932 - 1936 Volume IV, 1932-1936

by Crowe, Catriona; Fanning, Ronan; Kennedy, Michael; O'Halpin, Eunan; Keogh, Dermot

• ISBN13: 9781904890034
• ISBN10: 1904890032
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy

Summary

Volume IV of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series deals with the development of Irish Foreign Policy during the period March 10, 1932 - December 31, 1936. This volume takes as its starting point the formation of Ireland's first Fianna Fáil administration, led by Eamon de Valera, who assumed a dual role as President of the Executive Council and Minister for External Affairs. The period covered by this volume proved to be an eventful one in terms of Ireland's developing foreign policy. Predominance is given to documents that chart the complex reorientation of the relationship between Ireland and Britain. Many documents relating to Ireland's role at the League of Nations have also been included. With diplomats stationed in Berlin, Paris and Vatican City, the Department of External Affairs was kept well informed of the developments on the continent. Many documents charting the course of European events in the run up to the Second World War survive and are published here.

Author Biography

Catriona Crowe is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. She was Head of Special Projects at the National Archives of Ireland. She was Manager of the Irish Census Online Project, which has placed the 1901 and 1911 censuses online free of charge over the last 5 years. She was an Editor of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy.

Ronan Fanning MRIA was Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin. He was an editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series and a founder-member of the Royal Irish Academy's National Committee for the Study of International Affairs.

Dr Michael Kennedy has been the executive editor of the RIA's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series and head of the DIFP series since 1997.

Eunan O'Halpin MRIA is the Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin. He is also an editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series.

Dermot Keogh MRIA is Professor of History at University College Cork and an editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series.